Weather Records on 4 November 1966

1,041 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1966. Highest significance: Impendle (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 4 November 1966

On 4 November 1966, 1,041 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 543 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 1,012 daily.
Impendle (Pol) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 167.8 mm (6.6 in) on 4 November 1966.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

1,041 stations

1,041 station records on 4 November 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 November 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Impendle (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	167.8 mm (6.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nedungal	India	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Denkanikottah	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Madanapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Devikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Salamonia	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mapulehu 542	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vayalpad	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tumkur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gingee	India	Record daily precipitation	225.0 mm (8.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Trekpad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anekal	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maddur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tanhurst Est, Umzint	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ripogenus Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uthankarai	India	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort C/K	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rayachoti	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sidhout(Siddavat)	India	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rajampet	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Ns,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dululu Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sawoti	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 2	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chickballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kunigal	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jose de Freitas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chengam	India	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,041 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 196, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 347, Heaviest daily rainfall 338, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 82.

Records on 4 November 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	196
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	347
Heaviest daily rainfall	338
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	82

Records on 4 November 1966 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 28, daily 1,012.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

894 broken records

Margins by which the 894 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1966

Top 20 records on 4 November 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1966	Impendle (Pol), ZA	all-time rain	167.8 mm (6.6 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1966	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1966	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1966	Nedungal, IN	monthly rain	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1966	Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1966	Denkanikottah, IN	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1966	Fort Beaufort, ZA	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1966	Madanapalli, IN	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1966	Sidlaghatta, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	63 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1966	Devikulam, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1966	Cheyyar, IN	daily rain	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1966	Yercaud, IN	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1966	Salamonia, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1966	Ferrara, IT	daily rain	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1966	Mantova, IT	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1966	Mapulehu 542, US	daily rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1966	Vayalpad, IN	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1966	Tiruvannamalai, IN	daily rain	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1966	Tumkur, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1966	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	78 years	51 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1803 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1966. 1966 had 1,041 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-04 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1820	1
1821	2
1825	1
1826	1
1828	1
1835	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1852	1
1853	1
1857	1
1858	6
1862	3
1863	1
1865	1
1866	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	3
1891	1
1893	4
1894	4
1895	7
1896	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	12
1900	1
1901	6
1902	8
1903	21
1904	7
1905	9
1906	14
1907	34
1908	13
1909	14
1910	43
1911	25
1912	32
1913	19
1914	28
1915	12
1916	76
1917	39
1918	14
1919	72
1920	70
1921	71
1922	119
1923	89
1924	99
1925	197
1926	182
1927	287
1928	220
1929	175
1930	157
1931	248
1932	413
1933	337
1934	516
1935	1,219
1936	1,005
1937	326
1938	725
1939	752
1940	335
1941	315
1942	343
1943	248
1944	333
1945	506
1946	784
1947	583
1948	746
1949	598
1950	667
1951	2,037
1952	376
1953	219
1954	592
1955	354
1956	855
1957	401
1958	286
1959	757
1960	262
1961	669
1962	435
1963	244
1964	510
1965	537
1966	1,041
1967	599
1968	391
1969	516
1970	512
1971	434
1972	613
1973	1,393
1974	686
1975	1,654
1976	596
1977	981
1978	1,158
1979	559
1980	973
1981	645
1982	1,073
1983	1,116
1984	441
1985	844
1986	546
1987	1,049
1988	1,211
1989	663
1990	1,233
1991	4,265
1992	1,241
1993	735
1994	1,808
1995	991
1996	1,242
1997	611
1998	704
1999	796
2000	781
2001	639
2002	1,314
2003	2,177
2004	895
2005	1,212
2006	1,321
2007	747
2008	1,093
2009	511
2010	1,197
2011	1,000
2012	814
2013	541
2014	508
2015	1,249
2016	759
2017	932
2018	355
2019	449
2020	1,448
2021	545
2022	904
2023	667
2024	981
2025	615

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	804
50 to 100	47
100 to 150	28
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	4